Price Points: Fermentation jars

Fermentation jars

We’ve bought kimchi online a few times – we both like it a lot. Our local supermarkets don’t seem to stock it.  We like to add a spoonful or two to fried rice and stir fries. We’re nearly at the end of another jar, so I thought I might try to make some. I found a great vegetarian kimchi recipe online and looked into different fermentation jars.

Each of the jars that I’ve short-listed has an automatic release valve. This ensures that the gas created doesn’t build up and – woe betide – cause the contents or jar itself to explode on opening.

I decided on the 2 x 1-litre Kilner jars. The volume of each jar is smaller than the other examples; there are only two of us in this house, it would take us ages to eat that much kimchi. Also, as there are two jars, I could put the kimchi in one and try my hand at making sauerkraut for the other!

  1. Lakeland fermentation jar with air-release valve 1.4L: £9.99, Lakeland
  2. Kilner set of 2 fermentation 1 litre jars: £20.00, Dunelm
  3. Kefirko 1.4L veggie fermentation kit: £34.99, Kefirko

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Kefirko veggie fermentation kit
Kefirko veggie fermentation kit
£34.99
Kilner set of 2 fermentation 1 litre jars
Kilner set of 2 fermentation 1 litre jars
£20.00
Lakeland fermentation jar with air-release valve 1.4L
Lakeland fermentation jar with air-release valve 1.4L
£9.99
Kefirko veggie fermentation kit
Kefirko veggie fermentation kit
£34.99
Kilner set of 2 fermentation 1 litre jars
Kilner set of 2 fermentation 1 litre jars
£20.00
Lakeland fermentation jar with air-release valve 1.4L
Lakeland fermentation jar with air-release valve 1.4L
£9.99
Kefirko veggie fermentation kit
Kefirko veggie fermentation kit
£34.99
Kilner set of 2 fermentation 1 litre jars
Kilner set of 2 fermentation 1 litre jars
£20.00
Lakeland fermentation jar with air-release valve 1.4L
Lakeland fermentation jar with air-release valve 1.4L
£9.99
Kefirko veggie fermentation kit
Kefirko veggie fermentation kit
£34.99
Kilner set of 2 fermentation 1 litre jars
Kilner set of 2 fermentation 1 litre jars
£20.00
Lakeland fermentation jar with air-release valve 1.4L
Lakeland fermentation jar with air-release valve 1.4L
£9.99
Kefirko veggie fermentation kit
Kefirko veggie fermentation kit
£34.99
Kilner set of 2 fermentation 1 litre jars
Kilner set of 2 fermentation 1 litre jars
£20.00
Lakeland fermentation jar with air-release valve 1.4L
Lakeland fermentation jar with air-release valve 1.4L
£9.99

Charity Vintage: Kilner jars

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collection of vintage Kilner jars for sale by & in support of Wesley Community Furniture(ends 23 Sep, 2014 20:07:23 BST)

With all the jam, jelly and preserve making that I’ve been doing this summer, I’m almost clean out of jars. I always give away a lot of what I make to family & friends so the jars are never to be seen again. This collection of 16 vintage Kilner jars for sale by & in support of Wesley Community Furniture* would set me up nicely again.

Kilner jars are great for preserves but are also useful for storing dry foodstuffs like rice, pasta, peas, beans, lentils and dried fruit. And they’re so much prettier than the plastic bags they come in!

*Wesley Community Furniture aims to work in partnership with others to provide furniture and other household items at the lowest possible prices to those in greatest need in Manchester, to further relieve poverty by providing jobs, volunteering and training opportunities, and to recycle and re-use as much of the material they receive as possible.